America is a Christian Nation. With the exception of some prankster (probably Jefferson, or maybe the Frenchified pervert Benjamin Franklin) having fun with the Treaty of Tripoli, all founding documents support the notion that America is a Christian Nation.

Stop with the fore-father worshipping, ya damned fundyfuxtix. Perhaps USA was founded on Christian principles such as:

Genocide
Theft
and Slavery

Yes, we stole this land, we killed the people who lived here, and we forced a whole race of people into slave labor. Oh let's not forget the Christian principles that started this country with the notion of equal rights for everyone...well, ok, equal and voting rights for the rich, white men land owners.

The Treaty of Tripoli was written by a preacher and ratified unanimously by Congress. They all agree. We are NOT a nation based on any religion. Christiany just happens to be our most popular religion because it's our heritage. Stick that in your smipe and poke it.

"...all founding documents support the notion that America is a Christian Nation."

The constitution makes no mention of god, Jesus or Christianity. Do you think the founding fathers were merely careless by omitting these notions? Then consider Article VI, which clearly states that there shall be no religious test for public office. If the US is a "Christian Nation," why does the founding document allow equal access to public office for atheists and other non-Christians.

I think that Ixion has spent a bit too much time spinning on his wheel.

Why is it that so many Americans find it necessary to justify their beliefs by citing the founding material of the USA? In many cases, not just this example, such citations are bogus, and then they resort to special pleading and Orwellian doublethink.

Ixion could say that the USA should be a "Christian Nation" - and I don't know what that means - and then describe what he would want to change. That could actually lead to useful discussion.

Or is this an identity problem? Are people identifying themselves with the USA's founders so strongly that they are willing to distort historical records to reflect their own beliefs rather than what actually happened?